1. COOPERATIVE INCLUSION PLAN (CIP) UNIVERSITY TRAINING “Connecting the regional highway transportation providers and contractors’ associations” CIP University Training October 18, 2013

2. CIP Overview Opportunities Highway Transportation Providers Contractor Associations

3. Target Groups Minority Businesses Woman-Owned Businesses Historically Underutilized Businesses Small Businesses Disadvantaged Businesses

4. Five Major ComponentsEducation Access Availability Capacity Utilization

5. CIP Partners

6. Agenda Moderator – John H. Martinez-D., President, RHCA 8:15 AM – 8:30 AMRegistration 8:30 AMOpening Remarks –William “Bill” Hale, TxDOT, Dallas District 8:35 AMWelcome – The Honorable, Carolyn R. Davis, Councilmember, District 7 8:40 AMCIP Dashboard Overview - Anthony Coleman, NTTA 8:45 AMWorkshops Overview - Kimberly Tolbert, NTTA 9:00 AM – 11:15 AMWorkshop Sessions 11:15 AM – 11:30 AMNetworking 11:30 AMDiversity Strategic Thinking – Clifton Miller, Cemetrics 12:40 PMClosing Remarks - The Honorable, Carolyn R. Davis, Councilmember, District 7

7. Workshop Schedule 9:00 – 9:40 AM Room OneRoom Two Scoring a touchdown with bonding and credit risk Facilitator: Anuj M. Patel, P.E., A P Engineering Presenter: Brady Cox, Baldwin-Cox Agency, LLC Game ticket for becoming a certified DBE Facilitator: Pat Parrish, NTTA Presenter: Albert Titus, North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency 9:45 – 10:25 AM Gaining first downs navigating TxDOT’s website Facilitator: Denise Prather, P.E., TxDOT, Dallas Presenter: Tony Payberah, P.E., TxDOT, Dallas Moving from a rookie to becoming a franchise player Facilitator: Andrew Nash, DFW MSDC Presenters: Monica Bailey Jackson, LeVis Group Eduardo Medellin, Todo Construction 10:30 – 11:10 AM PreGame show for highway construction Facilitator: Kimberly Tolbert, NTTA Presenters: Braylon Lester, Xtra 21 Express Trucking, Eugene Walker Jr., EJ Smith Construction and Sharon Douglas, Douglas Construction The half-time and locker room report Facilitator: Anthony Coleman, NTTA Presenter: Demetria Wise, 3i Construction

8. Six Thinking Hats Exercise Diversity Strategic Thinking

9. Diversity Strategic Thinking Agenda  Objectives and Desired Outcomes  The Why, What, How and When  Six Thinking Hats Overview and Exercise

10. Diversity Strategic Thinking  Introduce new critical thinking model, ”Six Thinking Hats”, to attendees  “Mental Map” or cognitive focus shift on the part of attendees through engagement in a solutions building exercise to yield practical strategies to increase MWDBE participation in highway construction contracting.  Provide a new problem solving tool  Enhanced Relationships  Enhanced Solutions Development  Ongoing engagement Objectives Desired Outcomes

11. The Why, What, How and When

12. Innovation Transform from the traditional “Push” approach with information being delivered from TxDOT/NTTA to the MWDBE supplier community to a “Pull” strategy capturing real-life/real-time direct input from MWDBEs regarding current processes and practices utilized by transportation providers.

13. Six Thinking Hats Process

14. Six Thinking Hats Exercise

15. Deliverables Template Team NameTeam members BarrierPrime/Causal Factor(s) Inhibitor(s)Enabler(s)Implementable Solutions

16. Evaluation  Your input is valuable

17. Closing Remarks The Honorable Carolyn R. Davis Councilmember, District 7

18. Thank You